Sep 17 Virginia governor sets renewable energy goal of 100 percent by 2050 By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Such a shift will help address climate change, a challenge that "poses potentially devastating risk to Virginia," the order said. Continue reading
Sep 17 Justice Department files lawsuit against Snowden over memoir By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department is seeking to "recover all proceeds" from Snowden's book, which was released Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 17 Longtime political journalist Cokie Roberts dies at age 75 By David Bauder, Associated Press Roberts served a reporter and analyst at ABC and NPR, as well as a contributor to PBS' The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Continue reading
Sep 17 Army on track to meet enlistment goal after falling short last year By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Army leaders say they expect to sign up more than 68,000 active duty soldiers for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. Continue reading
Sep 17 GM workers continue strike as contract talks resume By Tom Krisher, Mike Householder, Associated Press The walkout by upward of 49,000 United Auto Workers members has brought to a standstill more than 50 factories and parts warehouses. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 7:08 What’s at stake for GM and other automakers with UAW strike Nearly 50,000 workers at General Motors plants across the country went on strike at midnight Sunday, bringing production to an immediate halt. It’s the first nationwide work stoppage since 2007 for United Auto Workers, which says it hasn't been able… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 7:56 How Lilly Singh is making late-night TV history By Amna Nawaz, Kira Wakeam In less than a decade, YouTube star Lilly Singh has gone from internet sensation to host of a broadcast TV show, "A Little Late with Lilly Singh," which debuts Monday on NBC. Amna Nawaz sat down with Singh recently on… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 3:06 Angel Otero’s brief but spectacular take on discovering his artistic voice Artist Angel Otero’s brand of visual storytelling is a unique one: he creates oil skins from paint poured onto glass and peeled off in sheets once it dries. But as a child growing up in Puerto Rico, Otero had a… Continue watching
Sep 16 A look at the revived allegations against Justice Kavanaugh By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A new claim of decades-old sexual impropriety by Justice Brett Kavanaugh is rekindling the controversy that nearly derailed his confirmation to the Supreme Court last year. The allegation was unearthed by two New York Times reporters in their research for… Continue reading
Sep 16 Epstein accusers denied compensation in victims’ rights case By Jim Mustian, Associated Press A federal judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, ruled that the women were not entitled to compensation from the U.S. Justice Department, even though prosecutors violated their rights by failing to consult them about the 2008 deal to end a… Continue reading